Rudolf senner



R. SENNER. GARYD CASE.

(No Model.)

No. 470,079. Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

UNTTE STATES ATENT 'FFICE RUDOLF SENNER, OF PFORZHEIM, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE FIRM OF H. DREXVS, OF SAME PLACE.

CARD-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 470,079, dated March 1, 1892. Application filed September 14, 1891. Serial No. 405,665. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLF SENNER, asubect of the Grand Duke of Baden, residing at Pforzheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, have invented a new and useful Automatic Apparatus to be Employed in Combination with Pocket Card-Cases and Like Receptacles, whereof the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus to be employed in combination with pocket-receptacles for cards and other like articles for the purpose of automatically pushing the cards or other articles out of the receptacle one by one and presenting them in a convenient position for removal by hand. is so arranged that by the act of closing the lid aspring pusher or ejector is pushed down and caused to engage by means of a small projection or claw with the undermost card, for example, of a series contained in a receptacle made in two partsin such a manner that when the lid is released the action of the previously-compressed springs connected with the ejector causes the ejector, together with the card, to be pushed upward, so that the card projects from the case; and in order that .my said invention maybe fully understood I shall now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to the several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings, the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings illustrates an elevation partly in sectiona pocket card-case, for exampleprovided with automatic delivery mechanism according to my invention, the lid being represented in the open position with a card pushed out in readiness for removal. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the apparatus with the lid in the closed position. Fig. 3 represents the apparatus in vertical section with the lid in the open position and illustrating the action of the hinged side, hereinafter described. apparatus in plan, the lid being removed. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the upper part of the apparatus, showing the fastening of the lid.

The case is composed of two halves a and a hinged together, the part a being provided The apparatus Fig. 4 represents the internally with a receptacle 1) for the reception of the articles to be automatically deliveredsuch as visiting-cards-having a side I), and the part a being provided with a bladespring 0, which when this side of the receptacle is closed exerts a certain amount of' pressure on the cards. In the side I) of the receptacle there is a slot 6 in which works an ejector d, jointed to a curved rod e, which connects it with a lid f, hinged to the part a The ejector d is provided at its lower extremity with a small projection or clawd and is provided 011 both sides with arms (1 formed with eyes (1 capable of sliding upon rods g, attached to the upper and lower extremities of the case. Between the said eyes and the bottom of the case helical springs h are inserted, which are compressed when the ejector is pressed down.

In the lower side of the receptacle there is an opening Z2 enabling the ejector to be pushed down sutliciently to allow its projection or claw (Z to engage with the bottom edge of the card,and in the upper side of the receptacle there is a slot 2', Figs. 3 and 4, through which the card is protruded when the ejector ascends. The width of this slot must be adjusted according to the thickness of the cards. Forthis purpose an adjustable plate 70 is employed, being attached byscrews 7t, working in elongated openings or slots 70 in the upper side of the receptacle, Fig. 4. Fig. 5 shows the fastening of the lid. A spring hook or catch Z is attached to the half a of the case and when the lid is closed engages with a plate f through the openingf' in the plate, which is attached to the lid f. The hook or catch is provided with a pushpin Z, protruding through an opening a in the side of the case. The two halves a and a of the case are fastened together by means of a hooked knob or catch m, attached to the half a and engaging with the corresponding recess Win the upper side of the receptacle b, which is sufficiently elastic to enable it to act 5 as a spring-catch.

Then a card having been pushed out by the action of the ejectorinto the position represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1 has been removed from the case, the lid is shut down zoo and retained in the closed position by the catch Z. This movement of the lid causes the ejector d to be pushed down to its lowest position, Fig. 2. The helical springs h are com- 5 pressed and the blade-spring c presses the cards against the side I) of the receptacle. Now when the lid is released by pressing the push-pin Z, Fig. 5, the helical springs 7b come into action,the ejector (Z and lidfarepushed IO 11p, and the card resting upon the claw of the ejector is pushed out, as represented in Fig. 1.

The apparatus hereinbefore described is of a convenient form for the pocket and greatly facilitates the delivery of visiting-cards and 15 the like. The form of the apparatus may be modified according to the purpose for which it is employed.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A case having a lid and an ejector connected with the lid, provided with a projection or claw by which the contents of the case are lifted when the lid is raised, substantially as described.

2. A case having a lid, an ejector provided with a projection or claw by which the contents of the case are lifted,and an adjustable plate for regulating the size of the opening through which the contents are passed, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a case having a lid, of the receptacle having a slot in the side thereof, an opening at the bottom thereof, and a slot in the top thereof, and the ejector provided with a projection or claw by which the contents are lifted, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the case having a hinged lid, the receptacle formed with a side slot, with an opening at the lower end and with a slot at its upper end, a spring for forcing the contents toward the side of the receptacle, and the ejector provided with a projec tion or claw by which the contents are lifted, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the case having a 5 hinged lid, the rods, the springs surrounding the rods, the receptacle, and the ejector jointed to the lid, formed with a rod,with a projection or claw, and with arms having eyes sliding on the rods, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a case having two parts hinged together and a lid hinged to one of the parts,a spring on one of the parts, and an ejector connected with the lid, provided with a projection or claw by which the contents of the case are lifted when the lid is raised, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the case a a the lid f, the receptacle 1) l) Z) Z) i, the spring 0, the rods g, the springs h, and the ejector e cl (7 (Z d, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' RUDOLF SENNER.

XVitnesses:

HEINRICH EBEl-ILE, AUGUST 11 tin. 

